The leader of the United Auto Workers union has raised eyebrows by praising President Donald Trump‘s tariffs, but he maintains his position toward the president has not changed.
“Just because we find common ground on tariffs or trade doesn’t mean that everything else goes out the window,” UAW President Shawn Fain said on CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday. “There is no trade-off here.”
Fain campaigned heavily against Trump last fall, casting his lot with Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, but he said after the election that he was open to working with the 47th president.
He took that a step further last week by praising Trump’s 25% auto tariffs, saying they would bring an end to the “free trade disaster.”
“The Trump administration has made
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